817 Podcast - Fort Worth's Monday Morning Show

Paxton Acquitted, CCPD Budget, New Housing Proposal, and Investing in Sprawl

September 18, 2023 Fort Worth's Monday Morning Show
817 Podcast - Fort Worth's Monday Morning Show
Paxton Acquitted, CCPD Budget, New Housing Proposal, and Investing in Sprawl
Show Notes

Ann and EJ are back in the studio, going through an array of topics. Enjoy!

Short Story #1: Ken Paxton Acquitted (Star-Telegram) https://www.star-telegram.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article279366129.html

- Tim O'Hare blames the media for the Paxton trial (Star-Telegram) https://www.star-telegram.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article279418829.html

Short Story #2: CCPD’s budget proposal for safer streets and stronger communities (City of Fort Worth) https://www.fortworthtexas.gov/news/2023/9/ccpd-funds

Short Story #3: Fort Worth tackles housing crisis with a new plan proposal (City of Fort Worth) https://www.fortworthtexas.gov/news/2023/9/neighborhood-conservation

- FW pauses approval of affordable housing strategy (Fort Worth Report) https://fortworthreport.org/2023/09/13/fort-worth-pauses-approval-of-affordable-housing-strategy-amid-resident-pushback/

BIG STORY: Economic Development in Fort Worth's Sprawl: How should we invest?

- Part One: Industrial Growth in Alliance (Fort Worth Report) https://fortworthreport.org/2023/09/09/industrial-growth-filling-warehouses-in-fort-worth/

Part Two: Veale Ranch Investment (Fort Worth Report) https://fortworthreport.org/2023/09/13/west-fort-worth-ranch-could-become-center-for-economic-development/

Part Three: US 81/ 287 Interstate Tackle Northwest Population Boom (Fort Worth Report)
https://fortworthreport.org/2023/09/11/u-s-81-287-reconstruction-to-tackle-northwest-tarrant-county-population-boom/

Wins and Losses:

Ann's Loss: Texas’ political environment driving faculty to leave (Texas Tribune) https://www.texastribune.org/2023/09/07/texas-higher-education-faculty-dei-tenure/

EJ's Loss: Texas paid 31.7 million dollars to bitcoin mining company (CNBC) https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/06/texas-paid-bitcoin-miner-riot-31point7-million-to-shut-down-in-august.html

Ann's Win: Here’s how the city could recover its pools (Fort Worth Report)
https://fortworthreport.org/2023/09/14/deep-dive-segregation-crippled-fort-worths-aquatics-heres-how-the-city-could-recover-its-pools/

EJ's Win: North America Block Chain Summit in Fort Worth
https://www.tixr.com/groups/texasblockchainsummit/events/2023-texas-blockchain-summit-61217